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Ian Bruce, the man who introduced Freightliner to Australia has passed away. Ian was a sales and marketing executive at Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles in Mulgrave, Victoria, and his vast truck industry experience meant he could see the potential of the Freightliner brand, which Mercedes-Benz acqu...
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Merely the mention of Savage River conjures up visions of wild white water torrents running through steep rugged rocky mountainous terrain. That vision was not far from the mark as Howard Shanks discovered when we sent him on a Heavy Haulage run to the Savage River magnetite mine.
A week or ...
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The light north west of Townsville at sunrise has a surreal golden softness and while the tourists who flock to the town were busy watching the sun slowly climb out of the ocean to the east, Mick Lenton tossed a bag of clothes into his Western Star 6900 and turned the key.
Queensland’s nor...
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Our Technical Editor Howard Shanks was one of a few technical journalists selected to test-drive Scania’s New Truck Generation (NTG) family when they first arrived downunder. The NTG family comprising P-, G-, R- and S-series cabs, focuses on driver safety and all models are available in either...
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The Gulf region at the top of the Australian Continent is arguably one of the last truly rugged and remote trucking frontiers in the country, it is also an environment that tests the true grit of both men and machinery and where we sent Howard Shanks to check out some tough C508 Kenworths.
Not f...
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A tough economy, increased regulation along with a national driver shortage has taken its toll on transport companies. For farmers, it means that good transport operators are charging more and are getting harder to find as Howard Shanks discovered.
The situation has inspired more farmers like Dar...
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According to the tourist brochures Australia’s Gulf Savannah region is a picturesque natural wonderland boasting 15 national parks with meandering river systems, hot springs, lava tubes and deep gorges full of wildlife. In fact it does, yet for freight companies like Carpentaria Fuels getting ...
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Hamelex White’s high volume truck and dog combination coupled to a Freightliner Argosy is not only a stunning advertisement for Quinn Transport and Spreading its also delivering exceptional payloads.
Neither Noel Quinn nor his wife Carol ever envisaged that the fertilizer spreading busines...
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The release of Freightliner’s Coronado FL114 in late 2012 more than honed the company’s commitment to the Australian and New Zealand markets. With a few years and more than half a million kilometers under their belts we sent Howard Shanks to see how some of the first FL114s to land down-...
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Burnie based Caltas is recognised as being one of the largest and most professional Caltex Distributorships throughout Australia and their success story is based on good old fashion service combined with the proven reliability of their DAF and Kenworth trucks.
The company is wholly Tasmanian ow...
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